Frankie (Clint Eastwood)’s Timeline and Summary

Frankie (Clint Eastwood)’s Timeline and Summary

  • Twice, Frankie refuses Maggie's request to be her trainer.
  • Big Willie dumps Frankie for another manager.
  • Frankie says "okay" to training Maggie.
  • Frankie unceremoniously dumps Maggie after she asks about his family.
  • Maggie's first manager stinks, so Frankie takes over in the middle of her first fight, promising to never leave her again.
  • Frankie adds another letter to his daughter marked "Return to Sender" to his collection of unopened letters.
  • After initially resisting it, Frankie movies Maggie up a weight class.
  • Frankie gives Maggie the nickname "Mo Cuishle," and it sticks as she fights her way across Europe.
  • Frankie and Maggie have pie at Ira's Roadside Diner, where Maggie used to go with her dad.
  • Fighting Billie "The Blue Bear," Maggie suffers critical injuries to her spine and is rendered quadriplegic. Frankie stays by her side.
  • Frankie moves Maggie to a rehab center in Los Angeles. Her condition doesn't improve.
  • When Maggie asks Frankie to help her die, he resists and consults his priest who tells him if he does it he'll be lost. Frankie says that he thinks it's a sin to keep her alive against her will.
  • Frankie tells Maggie that "Mo Cuishle" means "My Darling" and then ends her life.
  • Frankie leaves town for good. The last shot suggests he's at Ira's Roadside Diner.